A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tauria in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.927 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:37:44 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p01u. Id of event: us7000p01u. Exact location of event, longitude -73.1368 West, latitude -15.4434 South, depth = 104.927 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 13:37:44 / December 19, 2024 @ 1:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa, Coracora (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km SE of Tauria, Peru.
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